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schanduron Internet Issues in the US - Possible Backbone Issue

You just described my morning. Opened HN right after this:

  Tracing route to debian.org [128.31.0.51]
  over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     2 ms     1 ms     1 ms  192.168.1.1
  2    42 ms    28 ms    28 ms  cpe-74-73-128-1.nyc.res.rr.com [74.73.128.1]
  3    14 ms    13 ms    12 ms  gig-0-2-0-3-nycmnya-rtr1.nyc.rr.com [24.29.98.1]
  4    12 ms    15 ms    15 ms  184.152.112.105
  5    17 ms    15 ms    15 ms  ae-3-0.cr0.nyc20.tbone.rr.com [66.109.6.76]
  6    13 ms    12 ms    15 ms  107.14.17.169
  7    15 ms    12 ms    13 ms  xe-4-2-0.edge4.frankfurt1.level3.net [4.68.63.121]
  8     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  9     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 10     *        *        *     Request timed out.

schanduron My iOS 7 Wishlist

I agree - this is a very useful feature. I've been a fan of Kid's Corner[1] on my Windows Phone since day one.

[1] http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/how-to/wp8/basics/set-up-k...

schanduron Github Raises $100 Million

That's been around for a while, actually.

https://enterprise.github.com/

schanduron Yahoo CEO might have lied about having CS degree

I think the difference here is that Scott Thompson was not a founder/co-founder but hired to the CEO position based on certain credentials.

schanduron Why did the Windows 95 Start button have a secret shortcut for closing it?

I knew about it, but always figured it was an easter egg!

schanduron Peter Thiel: "I Don’t Consider [The iPhone] To Be A Technological Breakthrough"

How many iconic, break-out products are ever "technological breakthroughs"? Behind virtually every iconic product is a string of lesser known antecedents with the same fundamentals but imperfect packaging, pricing, or timing.

Reminds me of one of the themes in the book "Blue Ocean Strategy": the importance of value innovation, where the stress is on both low cost and differentiation.